WayfarrowFreedom Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Owen County, Indiana
Freedom Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Owen County, Indiana. Indiana has 103 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 2 of them in Owen County.
It crosses White River; the recorded designer or builder is J. J. Daniels.
Current sources show this covered bridge no longer stands. Status check, 2026-11: J.J. Daniels finished the four-span covered bridge in 1882. Two spans were replaced in 1898 by a 300-ft iron Pennsylvania truss, and the whole crossing was replaced in 2001. The iron span was later moved to the Monon High Bridge Trail at Delphi. The record's 191.1 m length looks wrong. It stands at 39.2058° N, 86.8670° W.
Key facts
| Crosses | White River |
|---|---|
| Designer / builder | J. J. Daniels |
| Coordinates | 39.20581, -86.86697 |
Nearby places
- Richland-Plummer Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Greene County · 15.2 mi
- Cataract Falls Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Owen County · 16 mi
- Putnamville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Putnam County · 25.1 mi
- Farnsworthghost town · Sullivan County · 25.6 mi
- Caledoniaghost town · Sullivan County · 26.2 mi
- Houck Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Putnam County · 26.3 mi
- Williams Bridgecovered bridge · Lawrence County · 30.3 mi
- Younoghost town · Brown County · 30.9 mi
- Dunbar Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Putnam County · 31.3 mi
- Bean Blossom Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 33 mi
- Big Rocky Fork Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 33.6 mi
- Conley's Ford Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 34.4 mi
Questions
Where is Freedom Covered Bridge?
Freedom Covered Bridge is in Owen County, Indiana, at 39.2058, -86.8670.
How many covered bridges are in Owen County?
Owen County, Indiana has 2 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
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